Will this now and then 
turn into a “remember when?” 
Those times etched forever
into your soul, reference points 
in your life in which days and 
events will be compared against.
How will you remember if 
memory is left to chance, 
or how will you recall
that high school dance, what 
you wore, how she smelled, 
and all those things 
you couldn’t tell anyone else 
but yourself.
A first apartment, summer’s
drive to the lake, friends formed 
by give and take, trust was built, 
bonds were formed; the death 
of a parent, or first child born.
Stuff that matters, do you
write it down? You knew 
you should then and now.

© 2020 j.g. lewis